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Book Excerpt | India's growth story diverges from the pan-Asian...

Asian export-led growth accelerated the typical shift in labour between sectors, but the transformation was similar to...

17 Dec 2023 1:43 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | An Indian woman's first encounter with the Taliban

I don’t know what I should do. There’s no doubt that I could be the lamb set up for slaughter. You never...

18 Nov 2023 11:16 PM IST

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Book Excerpt | Aiyar's pink curiosities very nearly cost him his...

I returned to India on the morning of 15 July 1963. That very evening, I found myself with the President of India in his...

27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | Wouldn't it be easier to just kill Rahul Mukerjea? Why...

On September 20, 2015, I found out from the news that had slipped through scrutiny that the case has been moved to the...

13 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | How Mufti hijacked mandate, outflanked Congress to be...

Success breeds enemies. This is especially true of politics. Having turned around the party’s fortunes in five...

16 April 2023 12:54 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | Washington’s war against Huawei put Beijing on the...

While China may be the largest producer of scientific papers and has probably surpassed the US in overall R&D...

25 Sept 2022 1:45 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | When nostalgia overtakes love and rebellion gives way...

For most of my mother’s life, she has lived in the house she was born in. It is a roomy apartment on the second fl...

18 Sept 2022 1:05 AM IST

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Book Review | Mazda & the allure of Persian mythology...

The story starts with a thief breaking into the British museum to steal the Cyrus Cylinder, a relic of Cyrus the Great...

11 Sept 2022 1:49 AM IST

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Book Excerpt | Some seek song, others salvation, still others wealth...

Babuji, on hearing this song, Rukmini came out fearlessly and worshipped Raghunandan by offering water, flower and...

11 Sept 2022 1:32 AM IST

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Book Review | Let’s make peace with China and Pak, cozy up to Russia

Excerpt from The Last War By Pravin Sawhney

11 Sept 2022 1:10 AM IST

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Book Excerpt: How the hero of Naxalbari found himself a helpmeet

- Ashoke Mukhopadhyay In his movements during Tebhaga struggle in Pachagarh and Boda areas, Charu got acquainted with...

31 July 2022 1:23 AM IST

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Book Excerpt: The many unlooked-for advantages of speaking Bangla and...

The book is an annotated edition of parts of 33 long letters I wrote my parents between 1963 and 1964 during my stay in...

26 Jun 2022 12:05 AM IST